Six unanswered questions about Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright
In December 2000, Suffolk Police charged Felixstowe businessman Adrian Bradshaw with Victoria's murder.Then 26, he was from Victoria's home village of Trimley St Mary and living in Felixstowe.He denied all the charges and went on trial at Norwich Crown Court in 2001.The jury heard he had also been at the Bandbox nightclub in Felixstowe the night Victoria went missing.The prosecution argued soil in his car matched soil at the spot where Victoria's body had been found. However, Bradshaw said he had not seen Victoria that night, and geology experts for the defence said it was unlikely the soil came from the ditch where Victoria was found.Ultimately it took the jury just 90 minutes to find him not guilty.Afterwards, Det Supt Roy Lambert, who led the case, defended his team’s work, telling reporters he was "very disappointed".He stated: "I believe I know who murdered Vicky Hall."He went on: "Our job is to obtain as much evidence as we possibly can and place it before the court."I believe we have done that and it is for the court to determine as they wish."But decades later, during preparations for Wright's trial, the Old Bailey heard mistakes had been made and police had focused on the wrong man in first two years after Victoria’s murder.Prosecutor Marti Blair said: "There are a multitude of reasons why a jury could not think Adrian Bradshaw... killed Victoria Hall."The court can be sure he was plainly not the person who abducted Victoria Hall and killed her."Lambert has been contacted for comment.
